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   Dental Amalgams

• The Environmentally Responsible Dental Office - A Guide to Best Management Practices of Dental Wastes (Feb. 2006) (PDF)
  http://www.p2pays.org/ref/04/03294.pdf (ODA)
  >  The Oregon Dental Association has developed this guide to assist dentists in how best to manage the disposal of dental office wastes. Reduction of toxic substances at the source is the pollution prevention goal of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

   Fact Sheets and FAQs

• FactSheet: Common Products Containing Mercury (PDF)
  http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/pubs/factsheets/sw/CommonProductsContainingMercury.pdf (OR DEQ)
  >  Mercury can be found in a variety of household products such as fever thermometers, fluorescent light tubes, thermostats and irons.

• Fact Sheet - Cleaning up Mercury Spills (PDF)
  http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/mercurycleanup.htm (OR DEQ)
  >  Mercury is found in a number of common household products. When liquid (elemental) mercury is spilled, it forms droplets that can accumulate in cracks and other small places. These droplets emit vapors into the air that cannot be seen or smelled.

   Mercury in Fish

• Oregon Fish Advisories
  http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/envtox/fishconsumption.shtml (Oregon DHS)

   Mercury in Thermometers

• Protect Yourself From Mercury!
  http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/pubs/docs/sw/hhw/ProtectYourselfFromMercury.pdf (OR DEQ)

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